Achuthanandan defends colleges act

Defending the law to govern self-financing colleges, Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan today said his government would appeal in the Supreme Court against the High Court's order striking down four key clauses of the legislation.

"It was to make the higher education sector accessible to the poorer sections that the LDF government brought in the legislation immediately after it came to power," Achuthanandan told reporters on his return here after attending meetings of the CPI-M's Politburo and Central Committee in Kolkata.

Asked about the High Court's observation in its order yesterday that the state government had acted in haste in the matter, he said, "Yes, we did act in haste and that was to ensure that the chidlren of the poor got admission to higher educational institutions." It was to end the practice of charging exorbitant amounts as fees and capitation charges that the law was passed. This purpose was achieved to a certain extent before the managements went to court. Even after that, the government had sought to evolve consensus on contentious points through talks, he said.

Criticising the opposition UDF's stand on the issue, he said the Congress-led coalition was blaming the government though it had supported the bill in the assembly.

Achuthanandan declined to answer queries on differences in the CPI-M over obtaining a loan from the ADB. "I know that you have lot of questions to ask. You can put them to me later," he said.

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